'Exceptional' Pottermore returns to profit

Pottermore, the digital content business set up to support J K Rowling’s Harry Potter output, has doubled sales and returned to profit, after what was described as an “exceptional year”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC Profits Rise in Fiscal 2017

Although sales in the fiscal year, ended June 30, fell slightly from fiscal 2016, earnings increased 7.5% to $199 million at HarperCollins. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling's return to Harry Potter makes her world's richest author in 2017

As her wizarding world returns to the stage and screen, Rowling’s $95m pushes James Patterson into second place with $87mJK Rowling will need to reserve a particularly large vault at Gringotts bank after a bumper year for the Harry Potter novelist magicked her back to the No 1 spot on Forbes’... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profit and revenue rise in Elsevier's first half

Publisher Elsevier saw revenue up 11% in the first half of 2017, to £1,171m, although underlying growth was a more modest 2%. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Small and cosy' Marlborough Book Festival returns to showcase region

The point of difference at the Marlborough Book Festival is simple, it's Marlborough. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic Aims to Improve Profits

Scholastic has started Scholastic 2020, a companywide initiative to reduce operating costs and expand revenue opportunities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits Double at EDC

Net earnings at Educational Development Corp. rose to $1.2 million in the quarter ended May 31, 2107 over the comparable period a year ago. Sales were up 20%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raab and Futter Return, Launch Celadon Books at Macmillan

After departing from Grand Central Publishing earlier this year, Jamie Raab and Deb Futter have resurfaced at Macmillan, where they will launch a new division called Celadon Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Travel print section returns Aug. 20; check here for fresh stories during redesign

The Travel section is being redesigned. It will not appear in the print edition of the Sunday Los Angeles Times from July 2 through Aug. 13. The print section will return to your newspaper on Aug. 20. In the interim, continue to come to Travel online for fresh destination features and vacation... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Powers returns to William Heinemann to publish The Overstory

American novelist Richard Powers is publishing a new novel, The Overstory, with William Heinemann. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roberto Saviano returns to Pan Mac with two novels

Italian investigative journalist and writer Roberto Saviano is returning to Pan Macmillan to publish his first two novels, about children's gangs patrolling the streets of Naples for the mafia. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish market returns to fortune

A print recovery in the past two years has somewhat slowed in 2017, with the Irish market sporting a bestseller-shaped hole. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?

It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell. By Stephen BuranyiIn 2011, Claudio Aspesi, a senior investment analyst at Bernstein Research in London, made a bet that the dominant firm in one... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pottermore's Wizarding World Book Club launches

Pottermore has launched its Wizarding World Book Club community pages and revealed the first themes up for discussion online.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pottermore to allow free ebook library loans for two weeks

Pottermore will make J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ebook available to UK library users over a two-week period to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pottermore launches poster and print collection

Pottermore has launched an official art collection, with a selection of posters and mounted prints inspired by the Harry Potter stories (Bloomsbury) by J K Rowling.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How digital upstart Charlotte Agenda makes local news profitable

The local news publisher has focused on lifestyle coverage, diversifying its revenue and making itself a destination for local brand dollars. The post How digital upstart Charlotte Agenda makes local news profitable appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tributes pour in for 'exceptional' Helen Dunmore

Tributes have been pouring in for poet, novelist and children's author Helen Dunmore, who has died of cancer aged 64. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: The Little Press on the Prairie Returns to New York City

The South Dakota Historical Society Press is hoping that lightning will strike twice at BookExpo: this year, the small press is promoting "Pioneer Girl Perpectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder," edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal, 150 years after Wilder’s birth on February 7, 1867. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: ‘Empire’ Writer Returns to Her Texas Roots: Attica Locke

Attica Locke—writer and producer of the Fox hit show "Empire"—is also the author of four acclaimed novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann reports 7% rise in group profit

Bertelsmann, which has a 53% stake in Penguin Random House, has reported 7% rise in group profit in its first quarter to almost €200m.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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